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What My Faith Means; What It Accomplishes

Updated April 14, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

In his April 6 editorial-page commentary "Theocon Moment," Ross Douthat insinuated that politics and, in particular, the Republican Party, was becoming overwhelmed by so-called "Theoconservatives" like myself who, according to him, brought little to the table regarding the battle for American ideals. In particular, he urged today's leaders to compromise what can only be described as moral values in lieu of "a rhetorical mode that is moral without being moralistic, religious without being sectarian -- and finding a new generation of leaders who are more articulate and less polarizing than the...